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Science

SEE OUR NEW SUSTAINABILITY GARDEN PLANS!

 
 
A huge Thank You goes out to The Ecology Center in San Juan Capistrano for their generous 2-year grant and membership in the highly successful Grow Your Own! program. 
 

CHECK OUT AN OVERHEAD VIEW OF THE OUTDOOR SCIENCE CLASSROOMS!

 

PLANT IDENTIFICATION RESOURCES

A list of the 47 types of plants in our CA Native Plant Garden. Included is a map, showing their locations.
 
Thank you Tree of Life Nursery for all of your help with the CA Native Plant Garden!
See photos of some of the most common native and non-native plants you will find as you walk around the outskirts of Tesoro HS. There is also a checklist to indicate the plants you see and a dichotomous key to many of Orange County's common plants.

SCIENCE OLYMPIAD

Science Olympiad Student group photoSCIENCE OLYMPIAD
The Science Olympiad team consisted of 15 members who competed in 20 different events at UCI. Tesoro team placed 15th overall out of 28 teams in Orange County.  The students had a great time and look forward to competing in next years competition.  
Visit the Tesoro Science Olympiad page for more information.

TITAN ALUMNI IN SCIENTIFIC AMERICA

Students studying wildlife

FORMER OUTSTANDING TESORO SCIENCE ALUMNI PUBLISHED IN SCIENTIFIC AMERICA

Austin Hay, pictured above, is senior in the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and will graduate this May with a BS in Environmental Engineering. Austin is an alumnus of the Guam and Palau 2011 expedition, and will accompany the 2012 course as a volunteer assistant. In Fall 2012, Austin will be pursuing a PhD in Environmental Engineering at Stanford University. Click this